Day 1 |
Arrival to Leh (3500 m). Airport pick-up and transfer to a hotel. Free day for acclimatization. Afternoon visit to the Leh palace and Main Bazar by foot on your own. Overnight in a hotel. |
Day 2 |
Spituk and Phyang monasteries; Basgo fortress and temples; Likir and Alchi monasteries. En route visit to confluence of the Indus and Zanskar rivers. Overnight in a guesthouse in Alchi. |
Day 3 |
Drive to the Dha-Hanu (Aryan) valley (2750 m). Visit to the villages of Dha and Biama with a community of Brokpa (Dard) people. Overnight in a delux camp in Biama. |
Day 4 |
Drive back up to the Khaltse police check-post. Then drive to the Lamayuru monastery surrounded by sandstone ("moonland") mountains. Drive to Chulichan nunnery and Rizong monastery. Back to Leh. Overnight in a hotel. |
Day 5 |
Upper Indus valley: Shey palace; Thiksey, Hemis, Takthok and Chemrey monasteries. Back to Leh. Overnight in a hotel. |
Day 6 |
Drive to the Nubra-Shyok valley via Khardung La pass (5359 m) along the ancient Silk Route. Visit to the Diskit monastery. Overnight in a guesthouse in Diskit. |
Day 7 |
Drive to the Hunder village. An option: double-humped Bactrian camel ride in the sand dunes between Hunder and Diskit. Visit to the Samstanling monastery in the Sumoor village. Back way to Leh. Overnight in a hotel. |
Day 8 |
Drive to Pangong lake via Chang La pass (5360 m) for about 5 hrs. Back way to Leh (total trip will be about 12 hours). Overnight in a hotel. |
Day 9 |
Matho monastery and Stok palace in the morning. Afternoon is free for shopping and walking in Leh. Overnight in a hotel. |
Day 10 |
Transfer to the airport. |